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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3137048" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>First car 66 mustang wrecked and paid $75 spent 275 to make it beautiful and road worthy year was 1984.</p><p> second car was $75 and 4 door 1973 mercury comet.</p><p>Both had inline 6 ford engines.. fool proof for sure.</p><p>3rd car 1947 dodge truck with 425HP 396 from was warmed over to 625 HP dual carter AFB carbs and single point distributor.</p><p>4th car 1967 chrysler newport custom paid $75 and these 75 dollar cars i drove home.</p><p> 5th car was 1972 Nova $65 bucks and scored a 6th car 72 skylark for 175 and pulled the engine and trans and stuck it into the Nova.</p><p></p><p>Only because i could not build transmissions at the time and I had pulled the 396 from the truck and stuck it into the Nova and the TH 400 did not work.</p><p></p><p>Skylark engine turned out to be a sleeper as the guy i got it from said he was going to stick the engine in his truck but the trans slipped too much.</p><p>Yea 3500 stall and it would not idle less than 1200rpm or it would die.</p><p>In the Nova I stuck slicks on the back and launched it at 3500 Wheels up I shifted it at 7200 rpm with the 2 barrel carb..NO S**T</p><p></p><p>I pulled the carter AFB off the Chrysler and got an adapter plate and stuck it onto the buick powered nova and it went 7600rpm and no sigh of nosing over..I got scared and shifted.</p><p></p><p>Fun stuff for sure and this is why I like old stuff.</p><p>Heck the 67 Newport had a 14" tire on left front and right rear and the other 2 tires were 15" and it had 3 different brands of spark plugs in it and the 4 barrel only worked on the primaries.</p><p>It ran great.</p><p>Stopped ok especially since the rear brake line was cut and crimped off and the disc brakes on the front one side was cut and crimped off. so only 1 disc stopped it and that was driver side front.</p><p></p><p>It still stopped better than a 1991 escort i had.</p><p></p><p>You just had to correct steering at the same time applying the brake.</p><p> It got 18 MPG that 383 in the giant Newport 4 door.</p><p>I delivered Pizza in it when i worked for Godfathers Pizza in Moore.</p><p></p><p>Wish i still had some of those cars.</p><p>I was driving and swapping engines before I was able to legally drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3137048, member: 15054"] First car 66 mustang wrecked and paid $75 spent 275 to make it beautiful and road worthy year was 1984. second car was $75 and 4 door 1973 mercury comet. Both had inline 6 ford engines.. fool proof for sure. 3rd car 1947 dodge truck with 425HP 396 from was warmed over to 625 HP dual carter AFB carbs and single point distributor. 4th car 1967 chrysler newport custom paid $75 and these 75 dollar cars i drove home. 5th car was 1972 Nova $65 bucks and scored a 6th car 72 skylark for 175 and pulled the engine and trans and stuck it into the Nova. Only because i could not build transmissions at the time and I had pulled the 396 from the truck and stuck it into the Nova and the TH 400 did not work. Skylark engine turned out to be a sleeper as the guy i got it from said he was going to stick the engine in his truck but the trans slipped too much. Yea 3500 stall and it would not idle less than 1200rpm or it would die. In the Nova I stuck slicks on the back and launched it at 3500 Wheels up I shifted it at 7200 rpm with the 2 barrel carb..NO S**T I pulled the carter AFB off the Chrysler and got an adapter plate and stuck it onto the buick powered nova and it went 7600rpm and no sigh of nosing over..I got scared and shifted. Fun stuff for sure and this is why I like old stuff. Heck the 67 Newport had a 14" tire on left front and right rear and the other 2 tires were 15" and it had 3 different brands of spark plugs in it and the 4 barrel only worked on the primaries. It ran great. Stopped ok especially since the rear brake line was cut and crimped off and the disc brakes on the front one side was cut and crimped off. so only 1 disc stopped it and that was driver side front. It still stopped better than a 1991 escort i had. You just had to correct steering at the same time applying the brake. It got 18 MPG that 383 in the giant Newport 4 door. I delivered Pizza in it when i worked for Godfathers Pizza in Moore. Wish i still had some of those cars. I was driving and swapping engines before I was able to legally drive. [/QUOTE]
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